"""
We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer,
for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this
computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the
developing world.
"""

I saw this a day or so ago on another ML...

It serves two of my requirements that I consider in everything I do...

1) Aimed at kids in some way.
2) Effectively a development board that is fully hackable...

I will probably get one if only for the word in the first paragraph - FUN. :)

Anyone manage to get one?
I might have been too late. The sites had a pre-order option, but I wasn't sure if that means they haven't got the first batch from the factory yet.
I've registered my interest on one of the sites at least. I also noticed there was 5 quid price difference on the sites -- weird.

I heard Farnell had sold out, but I don't know how as both their server and RS's were timing out right from the 6am launch. Farnell's later had a notice saying the site was down for "routine maintenance" while RS only let you register an interest.

It was even the top trending topic on twitter in the UK, but that was purely down to people complaining about the broken sites.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein)